Browsing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD) by Title
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Satellite Environmental Sensing
(2013)GNSS satellites such as GPS are playing an increasingly crucial role in tracking low earth orbiting (LEO) remote sensing satellites at altitudes below 3000 km with accuracies of better than 10 cm (Yunck et al. 1990). These ... -
Satisfaction Of Residents With Gated Community Lifestyle: The Case Of Nairobi County; Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The residents in gated communities (GC) in Nairobi, Kenya have been promised elusive life with high expectations of convenient lifestyle without knowing the high cost of maintenance of the shared facilities. The ... -
School construction in Kerio valley
(Department of Architecture, University of Nairobi, 1985) -
The Science We Build On: Selected topics in Building Technology
(Department of Architecture, University of Nairobi., 2011) -
Scope of public-private partnerships in WSS services in Kenya. Examples of public-private partnerships in developing and transition economies
(2003)This study set out to examine the policy position in Kenyan health care financing, with regard to implementation of the proposed social health scheme (NSHIF) and its performance potential. The specific objectives were to: ... -
A seasonal air transport climatology for Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1999-06)A climatology of air transport to and from Kenya has been developed using kinematic trajectory modeling. Significant months for trajectory analysis have been determined from a classification of synoptic circulation fields. ... -
Seasonal and spatial variation of atmospheric particulate matter in a developing megacity, the Greater Cairo, Egy
(The Abdus Salam International Centre of Theoretical Physics (ICTP)-Strada Costiera, 11 -34014 Trieste, Italy,Egyptian Meteorological Authority, Qobry EL-Kobba, Cairo, EgyptCairo University, Department of Meteorology, Faculty of Science, Cairo, EgyptNuclear Science & Technology, University of Nairobi, 2008) -
Secure signal and space alamouti scheme
(University of Nairobi, 2016)A method is proposed that secures the conventional Alamouti space-time block code against an eavesdropper by use of both signal and space rotations. Signal rotation is realized by applying a random rotation angle to the ... -
Security of Tenure Among the Low Income People in the Next Millennium
(1999)This paper introduces a special issue of Habitat International on land tenure and property rights. It sets the scene for case studies carried out in countries around the world commissioned by the author as part of a research ... -
Selecting a Sampling Plan for Reinforcement Bars
(Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering. Technical University of MombasaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering. University of Nairobi, 2013)In this study we employ modern statistical methods to the sampling problem. The application of statistics by engineers dates back a long while in solving industrial, management, and research problems. Quality and ... -
Self-Reliance in Kenya: The Case of Harambee,M.P. Moithi and r. Rasmusson
(Surveying, University of Nairobi, 1979) -
Sensitivity of off-nadir zenith angles to correlation between visible and near-infrared reflectance for use in remote sensing of aerosol over land
(2002)Cloud absorption radiometer (CAR) multispectral and multiangular data, collected during the Smoke, Clouds, and Radiation-Brazil (SCAR-B) Experiment, was used to examine the ratio technique, the official method for remote ... -
Sequential extraction of phosphate and thermal treated New York/New Jersey Harbor dredged sediments.
(Civil and Construction Engineering, University of Nairobi, 2009) -
Service Life Of HDPE Plastic Dam Lining
(Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nairobi, 2012) -
Settlement integration an innovative role for professionals
(Department of architecture and building science, University of Nairobi, 2007) -
Shattered Grain Loss Attributable to the Combine Harvester Reel
(2006)Losses of grain in the field, which occur with the use of the header, combine and windrower, have caused much concern to farmers and research workers. Bracken (2) reported that the combine ... -
Shield Making In Western Kenya
(Arts and Design, University of Nairobi, 1985) -
Shield making in Western Kenya
(1971)The Precambrian Kisii Series in Western Kenya is unmetamorphosed and contains andesites, rhyolites, quartzites and basalts. The basalts, for which a minimum K-Ar age of 930 My is cited, were sampled at 15 sites, and after ... -
Short Term load Forecasting For the Kenya Power
(2001)Accurate short term load forecasting plays a very important role in power system management. As electrical load data is highly non-linear in nature, in the proposed approach, we first separate out the linear and the ...